Even as Germany Year Zero promotes a definite agenda, it remains admirable, because it incorporates politics without sacrificing its technical and storytelling virtues.
Comment
11/22/02
Germany, Year Zero (1947)
100
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:7
Rotten:0
Average Rating:9.4/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A desperate thirteen-year-old boy scrambles for survival in the nightmarishly dilapidated remains of 1945 Berlin, trying to support his sick father by thieving and scavenging in the streets. When... [More]
Starring: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschav, Franz Kruger
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Get This Movie
Rent DVD
Click on the "ADD" button to put this movie into your Netflix queue.
Buy DVD
Reviews for Germany, Year Zero
1 - 12 (sorted by critic A-Z)
There's rarely a shot that doesn't portray the utter hopelesness of Edmund's situation, and it makes his eventual fate feel almost inevitable, if no less wrenching as a result.
07/22/03
A horror movie in the manner of a neo-realist film, where fantasy mixes with reality.
02/21/06
Click to read the article
01/01/00
Click to read the article
03/25/06
Top CriticClick to read the article
01/01/00
Top CriticClick to read the article
06/24/06
Top CriticClick to read the article
03/26/09
Top CriticQuickly makes you forget its soapbox agenda and delves into a deeply felt story so powerful it hurts.
08/07/03
Fantástico drama sobre a situação do pós-guerra, cria um personagem verossímil e sua tragédia ilustra com dor o que era viver na Alemanha naquela época.
07/25/03
No review available.
02/23/04
No review available.
06/14/05
1 - 12 (sorted by critic A-Z)
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
History of Disney Animation 
MSN Movies offers a little background on the success of Disney Animation.
90 Years of Screen Vampires
TIME takes a look back at the history of vampires on film.
Virtuoso Vistas of Lovely Bones
Techland examines the visual splendor of Peter Jackson's upcoming film.
Recent Headlines as TV Movies
AOL put together a list of 10 recent news items that would be perfect as TV Movies.
The Death of Original Thought
Hollywood.com's C. Robert Cargill explores how remakes and reboots have warped our thinking.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds